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Minister of Justice receives officials responsible for "Constructive Dialogue Initiative" Project
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today received representatives of the "Armenian Lawyers’ Association" (AAL) and partnering organisations within the scope of the "Constructive Dialogue Initiative" Project.
Office for provision of state services was opened in Etchmiadzin
According to Arpine Hovhannisyan, the population of the city of Etchmiadzin and the neighbouring settlements do not have to go to Yerevan to obtain a number of documents; instead, they will go to the Post Office in Etchmiadzin (2 M. Mashtots), fill out the application for receiving the requested document and obtain it within the specified time-frame.
Arpine Hovhannisyan sums up activities of the Ministry in 2016
During a meeting with journalists at the Press Centre of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today presented the activities carried out by the Ministry in 2016, particularly touching upon a number of reforms that had been implemented in the sector.
Arpine Hovhannisyan receives newly appointed Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Republic of Armenia
On 21 December, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Armenia Maria Pavlova Tsotzorkova-Kaymaktchieva.
Names of persons having passed qualification tests for bankruptcy managers announced
Let us remind that out of 53 applicants having submitted initial applications, 49 participated in the testing stage, of which 42 participants were invited to an interview.
Qualification examination for bankruptcy managers for the year 2016 was held
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and Chairperson of the Examination Commission Artur Hovhannisyan presented the rules of the testing stage to the participants of the qualification test, after which the participants were handed the examination questionnaires and were given 150 minutes to complete them.
A unified office providing state services now accessible to citizens of Gyumri
This series of reforms launched upon the instruction of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia will be ongoing. Unified offices will be established in the rural communities of all the marzes, making state services more accessible to citizens of the Republic of Armenia.
Final event of the "Improving Access to Justice for Children" Programme was held
In this context, Artur Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the existing close co-operation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and partner international organisations in the field of protection of the rights of children, particularly the efforts of the UN Children's Fund in this direction.
Arpine Hovhannisyan participated in the 109th Plenary Session of the Venice Commission
Presenting the main innovations, the Minister of Justice stated that the gap of the existing law had been filled and the powers of the Defender as the National Preventive Mechanism had been defined.
Arpine Hovhannisyan leaves for Venice on working visit
Let us mention that the Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on the draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On political parties" will be approved during this session.
Suren Krmoyan participated in the Open Government Partnership Global Summit
During the event, Suren Krmoyan presented a number of issues relating to the best practices of the Government of the Republic of Armenia aimed at making governance more transparent for citizens and civil society, as well as the steps that have been and will be taken in the near future to introduce a participatory governance system.
Deputy Minister of Justice participated in the Workshop on Freedom of Expression and Media
The event was aimed at identifying the guarantees for the protection of freedom of expression and media in practice and those provided for by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which the Republic of Armenia ratified in 2002 and made a number of amendments to the national legislation and law-enforcement practice.
